An Indonesian volcano spewed a 10km molten plume of ash topped by lightning into the Friday night sky, weeks after another ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow hoped for more peace talks with Ukraine but that the momentum of ...

Stock markets dived Friday after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on dozens of trading partners and weak US jobs ...

Young people can always be relied upon to rebel against their elders. They set out to dissent and disrupt and wine is no ...

The quietly spoken Leo has now succeeded Francis, one of the most disruptive popes in modern times. One of his biggest ...

But fasten your seat belts. The politics of climate are turning into a mad, wild ride. Consider the extremes: Greens leader ...

Anti-intellectualism and a trashing of the values of the Enlightenment are as much a rightist predilection as leftist.

Australian Jews feel under siege by haters, feel unseen and unheard, traduced and made to feel that their support and love ...

The present war has brought all this to a climax. Hamas demonstrated, once and for all, that its whole purpose was the ...

If something is true, you don’t need to lie about it. Truth speaks for itself. You don’t need to fabricate, conjure up or ...

J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851), who was born 250 years ago, remains the most influential painter that Britain has ever produced; ...

Two of the most emotive political issues have dominated the political debate beyond parliament this week: carbon and Gaza.